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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

It is a long time I wanted to show you the lovely house of my friends Rosabel and Rafa. They fell in love with a small village house which they reformed completely. Lots of love, work and patience had been poured to transform the tiny village house into what is now a very chic patch of heaven. Honestly doesn't it make you feel like having your own little patch of heaven here in Andalusia ?

Monday, September 26, 2011

Ouf....the roof terrace looks a like a mess with all these packs of cement. And I'm quite gladbecause by tomorrow I'll finish all the painting and the flooring and wiring.I'm joking of course ! I wish I could do all that though.But still, I made some new collages for my etsy shop, yesterday. No macaroon alas, butalways a big fat iconic hamburger ! You can read more about my collages and my little projecton my other blog here. (sorry the pics are not terrific, I still don't know howto make good pics with white paper).

Friday, September 23, 2011

This week end I'll play the working girl. You see I'm thrilled because the space next to the roof terrace is undergoing a beauty treatment and lots of cement and sand are needed. And a bit of help.So this morning I put on my best working suit found in a fleamarket on the coast which says it all : "ladies work wear".....So let's get on with it !

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

For the first time last summer, I let tomatoes dry in the sun on our roof terrace and I was so thrilled by the result that I can't wait for next summer to repeat the experience. It is a tradition here in Andalucia to dry tomatoes or red peppers just like in Italy or other Mediterranean countries. You use a very small portion to add flavor to a soup or a stew as it is very concentrated. Monchéri had seen the women in his family do it in summer when he was a child and this year we wanted to try it. If you feel like experiencing it, the procedure is very simple. We used pear tomatoes which we cut in halves and displayed on a grid placed above a wooden vegetable box. We sprinkled a bit of salt on the tomatoes and put a bit of thyme too. As it was very hot, our tomatoes dried in 4/5 days. Also, you must put them indoors at night and cover them with a cheesecloth to protect them.

I loved going upstairs every morning to uncover my little babies. The room smelled of sugar and thyme.....delightful....So, have I tempted you to make your own sun dried tomatoes ?

edit to post : I forgot to say, I also eat them as a snack....Delicious with jamon serrano !

Sunday, September 18, 2011

My petit atelier is not entirely tidy, not entirely finished either but it doesn't matter. I feel happy in it. This is where I make the cards and the aprons. Where I dream. A lot. When the weather is nice just like today or yesterday and hopefully tomorrow, I work on the table in the patio. This is how my sunday was spent, finishing a couple of aprons by hand, because once again my sewing machine had a nervous crisis. And then by 6 o'clock, I made a chocolate cake to recharge batteries. So Monchéri and I had a very late tea or early chocolate dinner while listening to the very cool African blues of Lobi Traore.

Friday, September 16, 2011

.....so nice to be back home in Andalucia and be invited for tea at my friend Gym's !......quel plaisir de retrouver l'Andalousie et d'être invitée pour le thé chez mon amie Gym !

Gym just got back from a one-month stay in England, where apart from painting and working like mad on a wedding project, she managed to find some treasures in fleamarkets. So of course, I had to shoot her new adorable chairs. I especially love the one in the first pic....So cute !

Thursday, September 15, 2011

at last, here are the pics of the vintage party I went to last saturday with my friend Carole......et voici enfin les photos de la soirée vintage où je suis allée samedi dernier avec mon amie Carole...

The party was held at The Fox pub in Shoreditch and it was a bit hectic for me because in fact I just arrived in the afternoon from Malaga, went to the B&B first and then had to run there with my clothes in a bag. I had told Carole, don't worry I'll be there at 7.30pm and got there half hour late. It was so nice to meet up again. Carole is the delightful French girl behind Mademoiselle Poirot and we had our first encounter last june in London. She laughed when she saw me arrived with my big bag. The girls at the reception gave me a bit of a skeptical look because I was in boots and jeans and totally non vintage but I showed them my black dress tucked in my bag so I was finally given a smile of admission. Carole played up the part entirely and was wearing a pretty flare black dress with a fitted jacket. After I finished changing, we stood at the bar sipping a cocktail graciously offered by the Vintage Mafia. I think we were both impressed by the general allure, the clothing and especially the hairdo of some elegant ladies. The evening went smoothly and was very pleasant with some fun ukulele performing by the lovely Miss Gemma and the amazing Marjorie Belles trio. Yes, we danced some boogie boogie !I wish I could have taken more pics but I'm not very good at night pics and also it's a shame because I don't have a photo of Carole. I took pics of her with her own camera and she took this one of me with my own camera. Now the only thing we both lamented was not having time to go to Ladurée again together. Next time !

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

I just came back very late last night, completely knackered and needed time today to rest and sort out the pics. I know you're waiting for the vintage party pics but let me show you first the images I managed to take at the Top Drawer design trade show on sunday. After all, this was the main reason of my week end in London. To visit the trade show and make myself an idea if I will exhibit next year in september.

My first impression was that compared to the tentacular Maison & Objet in Paris, it is quite a small trade show which is nice. On arrival, I was just a bit concerned by the nearly empty alleys, but then I was there during the last 2 hours before closing time so surely it had been busier earlier.

There were a lot of interesting things to see especially in the stationary and greetings area. I would have loved to take more pics but honestly it's not really allowed and I totally understand it. So the images you see here are of the public spaces which show the trends of autumn/winter 2011 : British Street Style, Crafty Christmas, Utilitarian and Midnight Garden. Plus the great stand of Wild and Wolf Ltd - love the public phone and the Penguin classic thermos bottle ! And the very pretty stand of Thornback & Peel, where I had the ok to take a pic.

As I said I saw lots of pretty things but at the same time, I was a bit puzzled because I expected much more innovation and confess a bit of frustration on that side. If you went there I would love to hear your feedback !

Friday, September 9, 2011

I give you these flowers by Bornay to wish you a wonderful week end. Flowers by Bornay is an adorable florist shop in Barcelona where the team likes to play with colors and textures and likes to match their superb bouquets with paintings and books. I could spend the entire day just looking at their blog. Love it !

Have a great week end !I'm going to London tomorrow and am very thrilledto meet Mademoiselle Poirot again and go to this vintage partyI told you about in my last post.On sunday, I'll visit Top Drawer, may be i'll meet other bloggers there too !A big thank you and welcome to my new followersand see you tuesday with lots of pics, I hope !